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July 21, 2001
From: Ángel Valdés

Dear Bill,I would like to let the Forum readers know that I have accepted the offer of the position of curator of mollusks at the Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles County. I moved to Los Angeles a few weeks ago but my position only became official last week. The Museum of Natural History of Los Angeles holds one of the largest collections of mollusks in the US, for the most part due to the impressive work of the retiring curator James McLean. Jim will continue working at the museum as an emeritus curator. The opisthobranch collection is small but contains a number of types and historically important specimens from the Panamic region and California. Several opisthobranch workers have been associated to the museum in one way or another, and they left material in the collections. My challenge will be to increase the opisthobranch collection and at the same time keep the shell collection well-curated and growing.Best regards,Angel-- Ángel ValdésAssistant Curator of MollusksNatural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Dear Angel,Congratulations on the appointment. Jim McLean's shoes will be a big pair to fill, but I am sure that like most retiring malacologists, his 'retirement' will be retirement from the day to day bureaucracy rather than from the study of the gastropods he has spent so long accumulating and researching. Good Luck in your new position,Best wishes,Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jul 21). Comment on New position by Ángel Valdés.
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